Keyhole-protector.



W. O. FUSSELMAN.

KEYHOLE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.15, I915- 1,179,4=19. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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coils of an automobile.

WARREN 0. FUSSELMAN, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

KEYHOLE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,545.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WARREN O. FUssEL- MAN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Keyhole-Protectors,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a lock protective device for automobile spark coils. It may be adapted for the protection of other mechanisms, but I have especially designed it for the above use and will describe it in the same connection, it being understood that it may be used for any other purpose for which it is adapted.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be used to protect the spark coils of automobiles, or other analogous devices, from being tampered with unwarrantedly.

My invention comprises the novel parts and combination of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention embodied in the type of construction which is now preferred by me, it being recognized that the details of construction of the parts may be varied without thereby changing the essential characteristics of my invention or the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a front view of my device applied to the case which contains the spark Fig. 2 is a side view of the same mechanisms. Fig. 3 shows in plan, the manner of securing the hinged end of my device in place. Fig. 4: shows, in its blank form, or as it would be before application, one of the strips by which the bolts which secure the device in place, is protected. Fig. 5 is a perspective of one of the lugs by which the swinging end of the protecting plate is secured.

There are certain attachments or parts which are carried by every automobile, which it is desirable to be able to protect against unwarranted interference. One such attachment is that which I have herein illustrated, namely the casing which contains the spark coils. This particular attachment is usually controlled by a key, so that its action may be neutralized, thereby preventing sparking and preventing running of the car until the coils have been again thrown into use. It is the purpose 'of my invention to provide a further protection for such coils, one which will prevent anyone, even though they might have a key which would control the action of the coils, from getting access to the key hole, and in addition a device which will prevent the removal and theft of the boX as a whole, or the opening of the case containing the coils and the removal of the coils.

Beneath the case 1, which contains the spark coils, are secured two eyes 2, which support the ends of apintle or pivot pin 20, upon which is pivoted an end of a bar 3. The distance between the eyes 2 is considerably more than the widthof the bar 3, therefore the bar 3 may be moved along said pivot pin to contact with either of the eyes 2.

Above the case 1, two lugs 4: are secured, each being alike and having a hole 410 through which the hasp of a padlock may be inserted. The upper-end of the bar 3 has I a slot 31 positioned to receive the lug 41. Between its ends the bar 3 is bent to conform to the outline of the case 1. Its outline would therefore conform to that of what ever device it was used to protect.

In the position of the bar as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, it covers the key hole, 7 of the coil case, thus making it impossible to insert a key and change the connections of these coils. If the bar 3 were shifted to the position shown by dotted lines, the keyhole would be uncovered and the connections of the spark coils maybe changed by the use of the key provided for this purpose.

To protect the hinge connections of the bar 3, I have shown a special construction of the eyes which hold the pintle rod 20. The plate or bar used for making one of these is shown in detail in Fig. 4, it being in the condition which it is found before application. In other words, this represents the blank from which this hinge member is formed. This has a hole 50 through which the securing bolt is passed. The car 51 is bent to form the eye 2 which holds an end of the pintle 20. When applied, the long arm 53 extends outwardly, or away from the casing. After the nut has been applied to the securing bolt, the arm 53 is bent sharply over the nut and down against the face of the dash board, or such other object as the coil case may be supported from. In this position the arms 53 lie back of the lower end of the bar 3, being protected thereby so as to prevent their being bent forward. They also cover the nut and prevent getting at this to remove the device. An ear 52, which is severed at 54: from the arm 53, projects so as to cover the end of the pintle 20, thereby preventing the pushing of this out to thereby free the bar 3. The position assumed by these parts when applied is well shown by the plan View of Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is:'

1. A combined cover and lock protecting means for coil boxes, comprising a plate fitting over the cover and the lock and hinged at one end, said hinge having extra length between its pintle supports to permit sliding of the plate upon its pivot axis to cover and uncover the keyhole, and means for releasably locking the opposite end of the plate.

2. A protecting device for coil boxes comprising a plate bent to fit over three sides of Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the the box, a hinge support for one end of the plate adapted to permit movement of the plate along the hinge axis to cover and uncover the key-hole, and means whereby the other end of the plate may be secured in either of two positions separated lengthwise the hinge axis.

8. A protecting device for coil boxes com prising a plate bent to fit over three sides of the box, a hinge support for one end of the plate adapted to permit movement of the plate along the hinge axis to cover and uncover the keyhole, the other end of the plate having a hole in it and two ears perforated to receive a locking bar and to enter the hole in the plate, said ears being separated to correspond with the sliding movement of the plate on its hinge.-

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 8th day of March, 1915.

WARREN O. FUSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

E. ARLITA ADAMS, C. H. J ONES.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

